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Yana Crossland, Zoe Kalen Hill

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Presentation: 10:45-12:00, Kennedy Union Ballroom

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Description

The world of sports is traditionally a masculine space, and professional hockey perpetuates these gender boundaries because of its aggressive nature. Despite this, women-identifying hockey fans exist, and make space for themselves as a fandom on social media platforms. This research explores the online harassment received by women-identifying hockey fans in a male-dominated space. Through a content analysis of social media posts from both Facebook and X (Twitter), we take a quantitative approach, with the quantity of instances of verbal abuse (operationally defined as the use of written language directed towards another person with the intent to degrade, invalidate, or otherwise disrespect them) being measured and compared between different social media platforms. This study aims to provide evidence to the prevalence of online harassment toward women-identifying hockey fans and its impact on the sports space in the context of the inaugural Professional Women's Hockey League season.

Publication Date

4-17-2024

Project Designation

Independent Research

Primary Advisor

Jen K. Ptacek

Primary Advisor's Department

Communication

Keywords

Stander Symposium, College of Arts and Sciences

Institutional Learning Goals

Critical Evaluation of Our Times; Scholarship; Community

Too Many Men: Investigating online harassment toward women-identifying hockey fans in a male-dominated space

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